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Vivienne Westwood by Tim Walker, Vogue UK October 2009


&ldquo;I love shawls and bits of cloth&rdquo;, explains Dame Vivienne Westwood of today&rsquo;s theatrical ensemble. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s do it yourself. My favourite things in this collection are the cloaks, which are nothing more than pieces of fabric. It&rsquo;s true they&rsquo;ve got a label, and string to tie, but anyone can just take any blanket, pair of curtains or a beautiful lump f fabric and hurl it around them. I just think that&rsquo;s really glamorous, and interesting.&rdquo; Westwood, who never watches television, loves reading, does&rsquo;t like going on holiday, and rides a bicycle to work, is deeply concerned with climate change. It&rsquo;s all in her Active Resistance to Propaganda manifesto. &ldquo;We have a choice. To become more cultivated, and therefore more human - or, by not choosing, to be the destructive and self-destroying animal, the victim of our own cleverness.&rdquo; Here, she wears a dress and shawl from the Vivienne Westwood Gold Label s/s &lsquo;O8 collection, with a headpiece from her own wardrobe.